August 30, 2012 2:18pm EDTAugust 30, 2012 11:51am EDTAmerica vs. Germany: Two fall exhibitions bring together the world's best women's soccer teams. It doesn't get any better, and the matches will allow competition that didn't occur during the 2012 London Games.

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Published on Aug. 30, 2012

Aug. 30, 2012

The U.S. women's national team will play host to Germany, the only other two-time Women's World Cup champion, in exhibitions scheduled for Oct. 20 at the Chicago Fire's Toyota Park and Oct. 23 at Rentschler Field in Hartford, Conn.

The games are part of a post-Olympic tour that begins Sept. 1 against Costa Rica in Rochester, N.Y.

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The U.S. also will play Australia on Sept. 16 at The Home Depot Center outside Los Angeles and on Sept. 29 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park outside Denver, the home of the Colorado Rapids.

Germany represents marquee opposition. The world's second-ranked women's national team did not participate in this summer's Olympic tournament won by the U.S. because UEFA, the sport's European governing body, elected to send the continent's top two finishers from the 2011 Women's World Cup along with Great Britain. Germany, the two-time defending World Cup champion, was eventual 2011 winner Japan's quarterfinal opponent. Sweden and France, who had a far easier path to the semifinals last summer, earned Olympic berths.

The U.S. holds a 17-4-4 all-time advantage over the German women and is on a 5-0-2 streak dating back to the memorable 2003 Women's World Cup semifinal, where the Germans ousted the U.S. 3-0 in Portland, Ore.

The nations met again at the Athens Olympics the following summer, and the U.S. defeated Germany in the semifinals 2-1 on an overtime goal from Heather O'Reilly. The most recent meeting took place in Cleveland in March 2010, when the U.S. ran out 4-0 winners.